Wine in Bodenheim, Rheinhessen

Weingut Kuehling-Gillot ★ 4.9

A 25-hectare Hohen-Suelzen-based estate co-managed by Carolin Spanier-Gillot and H.O. Spanier with sister estate Battenfeld-Spanier. EU-Bio certified with a Roter Hang Riesling programme on Pettenthal, Hipping, Oelberg and the Nackenheimer Rothenberg cliff above the Rhine.

Tasting: Vinothek and tastings at the Hohen-Suelzen cellar shared with Battenfeld-Spanier by appointment; vineyard walks on the Roter Hang Pettenthal, Hipping, Oelberg and Nackenheimer Rothenberg parcels arranged for allocation customers and trade visitors.

Signature wines: Pettenthal Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Hipping Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Oelberg Riesling Grosses Gewaechs, Roter Hang Riesling, Qvinterra Riesling, Rothenberg Wurzelecht Riesling, Bodenheim Riesling Ortswein, Spaetburgunder Kuehling-Gillot

Weingut Kuehling-Gillot Vinothek ★ 4.7

Vinothek of Carolin Spanier-Gillot at Oelmuehlstrasse 25 in Bodenheim. The northern Roter Hang Pettenthal, Hipping and Oelberg Riesling GG sit alongside the Rothenberg Wurzelecht ungrafted-vines bottling at the biodynamic-leaning cellar.

Landhotel und Gutsschaenke Battenheimer Hof ★ 4.2

Bodenheim country tavern and Landhotel at Rheinstrasse 2, with traditional Rheinhessen Hausmannskost and a Rheinhessen-led wine list. The estate sits 10 minutes from the northern Roter Hang and the Kuehling-Gillot cellar.

Deutsches Weininstitut ★ 4.4

Central marketing organisation of the German wine industry in Bodenheim near Mainz, with public seminars, wine ambassador formats and the German Wine Academy (DWA) workshop programme.

Landhotel Battenheimer Hof ★ 4.2

Bodenheim country Landhotel and Gutsschaenke at Rheinstrasse 2, near the northern Roter Hang and the Kuehling-Gillot cellar. Wine-friendly rooms and a Hausmannskost programme tied to Rheinhessen producers.

Kuehling-Gillot Vinothek ★ 4.5

Kuehling-Gillot's estate vinothek in Bodenheim, pouring the biodynamic Roter Hang Riesling range from Pettenthal, Hipping and Oelberg alongside the Qvinterra and Rothenberg Wurzelecht.

The list: Kuehling-Gillot's estate vinothek in Bodenheim, pouring the biodynamic Roter Hang Riesling range from Pettenthal, Hipping and Oelberg alongside the Qvinterra and Rothenberg Wurzelecht bottlings

Tip: Book the Roter Hang Riesling flight with Carolin Spanier-Gillot if she is at the estate; the Pettenthal and Hipping side-by-side tasting is one of Rheinhessen's clearest GG flights.

Weingut Kuehling-Gillot ★ 4.6

Carolin Spanier-Gillot works 25 hectares at Bodenheim under EU-Bio with uncertified biodynamic practice (La Renaissance des Appellations member), co-managed with Battenfeld-Spanier in Hohen-Suelzen. Pettenthal, Hipping and Oelberg Riesling on the Roter Hang anchor the range.

Tip: Combine a Kuehling-Gillot tasting with Battenfeld-Spanier on the same day; the two estates share co-management and the biodynamic Wonnegau-and-Roter-Hang arc reads side by side.